The Norwegian Opera & Ballet is wholly owned by the state and subordinate to the Ministry of Culture. In June, her friend Renate Larsen was appointed to the board of the Opera, reported Aftenposten. Trettebergstuen is now holding a press conference to comment on its competence after the revelations in Aftenposten and Nettavisen in recent days. – I accept the consequences of my mistakes and leave, says Trettebergstuen. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre postpones his press conference today. – I’m very sorry Trettebergstuen says that she has made serious mistakes in her handling of impartiality. – This concerns matters related to Renate Larsen, Bård Nylund and Tina Stigler. I have made several serious mistakes in the handling of my ability. I have not been aware of how incapacity should be handled, says Trettebergstuen. – I was not aware that when you are incompetent you cannot nominate people for a position either. – I am very sorry. I acknowledge that the mistake I have made is a serious breach of the civil service, says a sobbing minister. – As a minister, you are completely dependent on having complete trust, and I understand that what I have told you now is not very trust-inspiring, says a sobbing minister. – I have therefore informed the prime minister that I will accept the consequences of my mistakes and resign, says Trettebergstuen. In June, her Anette Trettebergstuens friend Renate Larsen was appointed to the board of the Opera. Trettebergstuen says that she has had good talks with the prime minister and that on Thursday evening she herself made the decision to resign. Trettebergstuen has been Minister of Culture and Equality in Jonas Gahr Støre’s government from 2021 to the present day. – I have had the world’s best job for two years as Minister for Culture and Equality. I’m embarrassed, I’m sorry, I’m ashamed to have put myself in this situation here. But I believe it is right to take the consequences of my violations, she tells the press. She has previously been an advisor in Ap’s parliamentary group and county secretary in Hedmark AUF. Anette Trettebergstuen and Bård Nylund. Photo: Pitch Forlag/Facebook Given board positions to several Two days ago, Nettavisen reported that Trettebergstuen had given board positions to two former Ap colleagues. Thomas Breen was appointed board member of Norsk Tipping in April last year, and Sylvia Brustad was appointed chairman of Norsk Tipping in April 2023, according to the newspaper. The directorships must be worth NOK 278,000 and NOK 152,600 respectively. Earlier this week it became known that Minister of Education Tonje Brenna (Ap) gave a board position to a good friend Frode Elgesem. She later declared herself incompetent to Elgesem and apologized for the matter. Listhaug: – Haven’t Støre’s ministers received training? Sylvi Listhaug (Frp) says that it is orderly that Trettebergstuen takes responsibility for its mistakes and leaves. – But there is great reason to question Prime Minister Jonas Gahrs Støre’s leadership of the government, when two of his own ministers have such a lax approach to the regulations. Did they not have any training on the competence regulations when they took office?, says Listhaug. – This is yet another matter that is very serious, where yet another Labor Party minister shows that they have not understood the regulations around competence. Appointing friends and close acquaintances seems to be uncultured in this government, she says.
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Anette Trettebergstuen resigns as Minister of Culture – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
